Why Should I Tolerate?

Why should I tolerate the Religious Right when they don't tolerate me? From today's American Family Ass.

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Target Backing Off Ban, May Use Christmas In Ads Later This Year

Dear DC Dan,

Your efforts are having a powerful effect! Our boycott of Target is working! According to the New York Times, a spokeswoman for Target said it did not intend to ban Christmas and might use Christmas in advertisements later this year! In addition, Sears is adding "Merry Christmas" signs in their stores.

And here is new evidence of anti-Christian bias: A survey done by AFA shows that 91% of TV ads ban Christmas from their advertising. We want you to help us stop this banning of Christmas. The survey included one night (Dec. 1) of prime time programming on the four major networks.

As Bill O'Reilly of The O'Reilly Factor on Fox News Channel said, "There is an anti-Christian bias in this country, and it is more on display at Christmas season than any other time."

AFA found that the "holiday" theme was used in 105 commercials while Christmas was the theme in only 11. This follows the pattern in print advertising where "holiday" was used 25 times more often than Christmas.

These companies don't want to offend a handful of atheists and agnostics, but they don't mind offending millions of Christians who celebrate the Reason for the season. They find Christmas an offensive word.

We have prepared a letter to 24 companies which banned Christmas in their TV ads and chose "holiday" instead. Your one click of the button will send a letter to all 24 of these national advertisers. We know it is probably too late to change their ads this year, but we must let them know that next year we expect them to include Christmas in their TV commercials! Click Here to see the list.

Click Here To Email TV Advertisers Now!


Sincerely,

Don

Donald E. Wildmon, Founder and Chairman
American Family Association

P.S. Please forward this e-mail message to your family and friends!

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Is Christmas not a holiday? Then how is "happy holidays" offensive? These fuckers would be going ape shit if Target said Happy Chanukah in their ads. The would be calling for a boycott if Sears ran a Ramadan sale. I'd also like to point out that atheists like myself are not offended that Christmas stuff is everywhere, at worst we are annoyed. People who subscribe to Christ are should be far more offended than people like me, because it is all a marketing ploy to expand consumption and consumerism using their religion as a tool.
The "reason for the season" line is what is probably the most annoying as the "Reason for the season" would be to celebrate the birth of Jesus and not advertise sales for gifts that you are bullied into buying people this month to "show that your care." Were the reason for the season really important to Don, he would be out there getting charities to use Christmas in their ads and not giving a shit about Target, Sears or other department stores because they don't do the work Christ, unless Christ manages God's mutual fund and has a large investment in these companies. Buying Christmas gifts only makes the baby Jesus cry and doesn't anything for the reason for the season.